Tag Archives: Diabetes

Lannett Receives FDA Feedback for Bs-glargine; Adocia Initiates Ph2 M1Pram Trial; Vertex Receives Fast Track Designation for VX-880 in T1DM; Welldoc Hires New CMO; Intercept CFO to Depart

A series of diabetes-related news items has been observed: Lannett announced it received FDA feedback regarding its biosimilar insulin glargine Ph3 program; Adocia announced the initiation of a Ph2 study evaluating M1Pram (pramlintide+insulin FRC) vs. Humalog in patients with T1DM; Vertex announced FDA granted Fast Track Designation to VX-880 for the treatment of T1DM; Welldoc announced the hiring of Marina Dorotheo as CMO; and Intercept announced the resignation of CFO, Sandip Kapadia. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Xeris and Dario Q4 and FY ’20 Earnings Calls; Lilly Research Collaboration for Diabetes; Metacrine Initiates Ph2a Trial in NASH

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Xeris and Dario hosted their Q4 and FY ’20 earnings calls; Lilly announced it entered a research collaboration and license agreement with Biolojic Design for AI drug discovery of an antibody-based diabetes treatment; and Metacrine announced that it initiated a Ph2a trial of MET642 for the treatment of patients with NASH. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective news items.

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Zealand R&D Day Highlights

Zealand hosted its R&D day (view slides) and provided updates to its diabetes and obesity development programs. Specifically, Zealand highlighted the near-term US approval and launch of the HypoPal glucagon rescue pen, medium-term development of the bi-hormonal iLet pump with Beta Bionics, and long-term research activities in obesity (e.g. amylin analog and GIP agonist). Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the events.

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Senseonics Q4 ’20 Earnings Update; Provention Bio Extended Follow-up Data Published; Voluntis Collaborates with Zendesk for Global Customer Support

A series of diabetes-related news items have been observed: Senseonics hosted its Q4 and FY ’20 earnings call; Provention Bio announced the extended follow-up data from the pivotal “At-Risk” TN-10 Study has been published in Science Translational Medicine; and Voluntis announced a collaboration with Zendesk to upgrade its global customer support infrastructure. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Payback for Lilly as Tirzepatide Beats Ozempic in Ph3 SURPASS-2 H2H Trial

Lilly announced positive topline results from the H2H Ph3 SURPASS-2 trial comparing tirzepatide to 1.0 mg Ozempic in patients with T2DM.  Lilly’s CSO provided further commentary on tirzepatide and SURPASS-2 during the 2021 Cowen Health Care Conference. According to the press release, the 15mg tirzepatide dose reduced A1C by -2.46% and weight by -12.4kg in the SURPASS-2 trial. Further, the lowest dose of tirzepatide (5mg) reduced A1C by -2.09% and body weight by -7.8kg compared to 1.0mg injectable semaglutide at -1.86% and -6.2kg. Full results from SURPASS-2 are scheduled to be presented at ADA 2021 (June 25-29). Below, FENIX provides an overview of the topline SURPASS data, what tirzepatide list pricing could be, Novo’s potential counter-message, and a summary of Lilly management commentary from today at Cowen.

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BI and Gubra Partner for Obesity Drug Development; Diabeloop DBLG1 Integrates with Accu-Chek Insight Pump; Tandem Appoints Jordan Pinsker as VP and Medical Director

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Boehringer Ingelheim and Gubra announced a research and licensing agreement for discovering and evaluating targets and innovative peptide compounds for the treatment of obesity; Diabeloop announced the integration of the Accu-Chek Insight insulin pump into the DBLG1 System; Tandem announced Jordan Pinsker from Sansum has been appointed as VP and Medical Director. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Viatris Generic Rybelsus in the Pipeline; Viatris 2021 Investor Day

Viatris hosted its first Investor Day (view slides), and the company provided updates across its diabetes generics and biosimilars portfolio. Importantly, the company disclosed plans to develop a generic version of Novo Nordisk’s Rybelsus (oral semaglutide). Below, FENIX provides brief highlights from the Investor Day as well as insight into challenges and questions of generic Rybelsus development.

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Novo Invests in Danish Facility for Oral Sema Production; MNKD, PRVB, ICPT, BAYRY, and IONS Q4 ’20 Earnings Updates

A series of cardiometabolic-related news items have been observed: Novo Nordisk announced plans to invest 500M DKK (~82M USD) to expand its oral tablet production facilities in Måløv, Denmark; and Mannkind, Provention Bio, Intercept, Bayer, and Ionis hosted their Q4 and FY ’20 earnings call. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights for the respective news items.

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Tandem and Teladoc Q4 and FY ’20 Earnings Updates

Tandem and Teladoc hosted their Q4 and FY ’20 earnings calls and provided updates on their respective businesses. Importantly, Tandem disclosed that the development of its next-gen t:sport pump platform has been delayed by one quarter. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the respective calls.

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Insulet and Esperion Q4 ’20 Earnings Updates

Insulet and Esperion hosted their respective Q4 and full-year 2020 earnings calls and provided updates to their respective businesses. Of note, Insulet disclosed that its Omnipod 5 AID system will be launched in H1 ’21 at price parity to the current Omnipod DASH platform. Below, FENIX provides highlights and insights from the calls.

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